People v. Parra
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*480Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obus, J.), rendered April 9, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 23 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Defendant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he was acting under an extreme emotional disturbance (Penal Law § 125.25 [1] [a]) when he stabbed his estranged wife. The jury had an ample basis on which to reject the claim that defendant’s…
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